Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library Blog

The UCLA Library has begun a long-term project to design a universal search tool, which will enable users to simultaneously search across library holdings including print items, electronic materials, digital projects, Web pages, and other resources.

User input regarding expectations and search preferences is essential to help design a tool that meets the research and instructional objectives of UCLA students, faculty, and staff.  Please take a brief survey to help project managers develop a comprehensive picture of what is important to users.

It should take ten to fifteen minutes to complete the survey.  Please complete the survey by February 15, 2008.  As a small thank you, eligible users who complete the survey can enter a drawing for a $100 ASUCLA gift card. The Library will announce the winner on February 29, 2008.

More information on the survey, eligibility requirements for the gift card, and a link to the survey can be found on the Universal Search Tool Survey website.

The UCLA Library, Academic Senate, Academic Senate Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication, and the Office of Intellectual Property Administration have created a series of lunchtime sessions to educate faculty about special topics in intellectual property. Admission is free, and lunch will be provided. Registration is limited to UCLA faculty; advance registration is required, and space is limited. Upcoming sessions include:

• “Don’t I Own My Own Work?”: Negotiating to Keep Your Copyright (February 7th, 2008; Noon-1:30 p.m.)
• “What Are My Rights?”: Software, Patents, and Open Source (April 10th, 2008; Noon-1:30 p.m.)

Read full descriptions of each workshop and register for each session on the Library’s web page, Intellectual Property in the Digital Age: The Rights Stuff for Teaching and Publishing.

On January 8th, librarians and staff from the Biomedical Library and the Science and Engineering Library presented an outreach event to promote the new interface for Web of Science, Zoological Record, and BIOSIS Previews. For this event we created a crossword puzzle and gave out prizes to those who completed it. (Click here to download the Web of Science crossword answers.)

The grand prize of a $25 gift certificate was awarded to Sri Nimmagadda, Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology (MCDB).

Second-place winners were awarded a gift bag of prizes, including a flash drive. Those winners and their departments:
Daniel Goodman, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Jessica Hoang, Biology
Wei-Jen Hou, Materials Science Engineering
Lisa Kim, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Felix Lee, Mechanical Engineering
Andrew Min, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Mike Porter, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
David Smallberg, Computer Science
Evelyn Tran, Biochemistry

Congratulations to all our winners!

Keep reading the Biomed blog to find out about other outreach events and contests run by the UCLA Library.

“The date is November 24th, 2008. You have just started a job as an analyst working on the President-elect’s health care transition team. The director of the transition team has asked you to draft a memo to flesh out the health priorities for the new Administration on a major health policy issue…”

This is the topic for KaiserEDU.org’s Second Annual Student Essay Contest (open to undergraduates and graduate students). Want to win $1,000? How about $500? If so, write a 800 word essay on health priorities and submit it online by March 17, 2008 at 5pm EST. Check out KaiserEDU.org’s essay contest page for more details.

The Biomedical Library would like to invite you to an in-service session presented by Amy Chatfield about TOXNET. The same session will be offered in the Biomed Library classroom on two different dates and times: Tuesday 1/22, 2-3pm and Thursday 1/24, 10-11am. Because this will be a hands-on session, please RSVP to biomed-ref@library.ucla.edu by 1/18 (indicate which session you will attend)… however, walk-ins are still welcome.

TOXNET is a cluster of databases covering toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and related areas.  Areas of interest include: TOXMAP, a website that uses maps of the USA to show the amount and location of toxic chemicals released into the environment; and, TOXLINE, a database providing comprehensive coverage of the biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals from 1965-present.  You will have the opportunity to explore these databases as you learn about them!

If you have purchased a copy of Endnote, you’ll want to download the new import filters to ensure that your program continues to work correctly.

New import filters are available for:

• PubMed (NLM)
• PsycInfo (CSA)
• ToxNet (NLM)
• ToxLine (NLM)
• University of California- Los Angeles Library Catalog

Continue reading this post to learn more about import filters, and how to download and install import filters.

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WHO: Those who plan to file a thesis or dissertation during Winter or Spring Quarter are encouraged to attend.

WHEN:

Masters:

• January 17, Thursday 10:00 AM
• January 18, Friday 10:00 AM
• January 19, Saturday 10:00 AM

Doctoral:

• January 17, Thursday 11:00 AM
• January 18, Friday 11:00 AM
• January 19, Saturday 11:00 AM

WHERE: East Electronic Classroom, Room 21536 Young Research Library (Take elevator or stairs to second floor. The East Electronic Classroom faces the stairs and elevator on the opposite side of the stairs from the University Archives.)

TOPICS: Staff from the University Archives and the Graduate Division will present information on University regulations governing manuscript preparation and completion of degree requirements.

FILING DEADLINE FOR WINTER 2008: March 10, 2008

As you begin your research in 2008, you may have noticed that three databases–Web of Science, Zoological Record, and BIOSIS Previews– look a little bit different. These databases have updated their interfaces and included new search tools which will assist you in locating relevant articles much more quickly.

To learn more, come to the Court of Sciences on Tuesday, January 8th between 11 A.M and 2 P.M when librarians from the Biomedical Library and the UCLA Science and Engineering Library will be demonstrating the new interface. Handouts will be available.

UCLA students, staff, and faculty can also pick up a crossword puzzle at the table, or download it from this blog (Web of Knowledge Crossword Puzzle). Complete the crossword puzzle and return it to the Biomedical Library reference desk or the Science and Engineering Library circulation or reference desks by January 15th, 2008, to be entered into a prize drawing!

Effective January 7^th, 2008, students, faculty, and staff will be able to take 2-hour reserve materials out of the library. Additionally, items checked out during the hour before closing will be due the next day, in the first hour the library opens.  These changes to the Biomedical Library’s reserve policy are in response to user requests.   

Please note that the overdue reserve fine policy has NOT changed.  Overdue reserve materials are fined $5 per hour for every hour the library is open, up to a maximum of $50 per item.  Reserve fines have been intentionally set at this rate to encourage the timely return of these high demand materials.